The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - boundэn.

1) leap, jump, vault, spring; bounce, hop: With a great bound, the dog was upon me. 2) by leaps and bounds. See leap, 7, below. --v. 3) leap, jump, hop, spring, vault, gambol, caper, romp, frolic, bounce, Colloq galumph: The wolfhound came bounding towards me across the meadow.